School type Elementary school Area trustee Dianne Turner Principal Hope Sterling District Vancouver School Board Mascot Gordon Penguin | Founded 1912 School number 03939052 Phone +1 604-713-5403 Number of students 365 (September 2007) | |
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Motto Choose to be Kind.
Choose to be Safe.
Choose to be Fair. Address 2268 Bayswater St, Vancouver, BC V6K 4P5, Canada Similar Queen Elizabeth Elementa, Henry Hudson Elementa, University Hill Elementa, Kerrisdale Elementary School, Lord Kitchener Elementa | ||
General gordon elementary school
General Gordon Elementary School is an elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school opened in 1912. It was named for British General Charles George Gordon, who was killed at Khartoum in January 1885.
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It is located at 2268 Bayswater Street, at the intersection with West 6th Avenue in Kitsilano. As of 2017, the principal is Hope Sterling and the school does not have a vice-principal. It offers a late-start French immersion program for sixth-grade and seventh-grade students. Since September 2008, it has also been a home for a district French immersion Multi Age Cluster Class (FI MACC). The school is also home to Mosaic Montessori School and a base for Jericho Kids' Club.
Because of its high seismic risk rating, the 1912 school building was demolished in December 2014, and a new building was constructed on the same site, opening in September 2016. During construction, students took buses from the school site to Queen Elizabeth School, where they continued their learning in portables. Grades K-2 were stationed at Queen Elizabeth Annex. The main entrance of the new building is on Bayswater Street; the old building was located at 2896 West 6th Avenue.
In September 2008, General Gordon was selected as one of three schools in a pilot provincially supported "Neighbourhoods of Learning" program. The program was announced by premier Gordon Campbell at a news conference held at Queen Mary Elementary School on September 3, 2008. The program includes $30 million in funding to put "education and community services ... in a single neighbourhood hub".